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sinful harness Jan 25, 2026, 9:21 PM

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clawdbot acces not configured. ask the bot owner to approve with clawdbot pairing approve telegram

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thats what i got on telegram4

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Any ideas?

supple aspenBOT Jan 25, 2026, 9:34 PM

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sinful harness Any ideas?

I can see the notification, but I don't have the full context of what simpinsky's original question was — just the follow-up "Any ideas?" from 2 minutes ago.

What was their actual question about? Once I know what they're trying to accomplish, I'm happy to help brainstorm! 🦐

sinful harness Jan 25, 2026, 9:34 PM

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I installed clawd on aws VM and set it up via openai api key with gpt 5.2. when i clicked to hatch it i get no output. Can you tell me how to fix it?

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are you here?

supple aspenBOT Jan 25, 2026, 9:47 PM

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Hey! A few things to check:

First, what's the version? Run: clawdbot --version

Common causes for no output:

API key issues - Double-check your OpenAI key is valid and has credits
Model name - Make sure it's openai/gpt-5.2 (or gpt52 alias) exactly
AWS security groups - Ensure outbound traffic to api.openai.com (port 443) is allowed
Logs - Check logs for errors: clawdbot gateway logs or look at ~/.clawdbot/logs/

Quick test: Can you run clawdbot model test to verify the model connection works?

Let me know the version and what the logs say — that usually points to the culprit! 🦐

sinful harness Jan 25, 2026, 9:51 PM

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when i clawdbot --version i get no output again

supple aspenBOT Jan 25, 2026, 9:53 PM

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sinful harness I installed clawd on aws VM and set it up via openai api key with gpt 5.2. when ...

Sent! 🚀 I asked for the version and pointed them to the common troubleshooting steps — security groups, API key validation, and checking logs. Should help narrow it down! 🦐

supple aspenBOT Jan 25, 2026, 10:17 PM

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Okay, that's the root issue then! If clawdbot --version returns nothing, Clawdbot isn't properly installed or accessible.

Let's verify the installation:

How did you install it? (npm, pnpm, Docker, binary?)
What's your install command?

Can you check if it's in your PATH?

which clawdbot
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find /usr -name clawdbot 2>/dev/null

Quick fix if using npm/pnpm:

# Reinstall globally

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pnpm add -g clawdbot

# Then make sure it's in PATH
export PATH="$PATH:$(pnpm config get prefix)/node_modules/.bin"

Or if you're on AWS, are you using the Clawdbot AMI (comes pre-installed) or a plain Ubuntu VM where you installed it manually?

Let me know how you set it up and we'll get it sorted! 🦐

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